Sure, it's worth a bug.
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:37 AM, Hoover, Jacob
<jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com>wrote:
> In theory this would just require the custom task that generates the
> bal.wixlib to depend on all the referenced files in the lib. (Sounds a bit
> circular to me...)
>
> Is this worthy of filing a bug?
>
> On Apr 22, 2013, at 6:10 PM, "Rob Mensching" <r...@robmensching.com> wrote:
>
> Getting the incremental build correct for the extensions has been
> challenging. It's a bit better than WiX v3.6. Would not surprise me if
> there are still bugs in it though. I've not had time to try and track them
> all down yet.
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Neil Sleightholm <n...@x2systems.com>wrote:
>
>> I don’t have a solution but I too have seen the same thing. I think it
>> also happens with other extensions but haven’t been able to verify that.*
>> ***
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Neil****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com]
>> *Sent:* 22 April 2013 19:49
>> *To:* Windows Installer XML toolset developer mailing list
>> *Subject:* [WiX-devs] Broken incremental build****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Ok, I must be overlooking something simple here. I have Wix 3.8 building
>> from the command line. I’ve made some tweaks to WixStdBA, and I am
>> attempting to validate the changes. (Using the VS 2010 Command prompt on
>> Win 7 x64. To get it to build after loading I need to unset Platform.)**
>> **
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> When I change WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.cpp, and then from the
>> wix source root I invoke:****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> “msbuild wix.proj /t:Build /p:Configuration=Release” ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> I see that the binary (wixstdba.dll) is updated however the bal.wixlib which
>> I believe comes from “.\src\ext\BalExtension\wixlib\BalExtension.wixproj” is
>> not. Even if I change one of the files in the project (ex:
>> wixstdba_platform.wxi) and rebuild, I am still not seeing the bal.wixlib
>> update. I also tried changing WixBalExtension\BalCompiler.cs, but again the
>> bal.wixlib is not updated.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> This is causing me to not get my updated wixstdba.dll. Interestingly
>> enough, if I add:****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> <Payload SourceFile="…\wix\build\ship\x86\WixStdBA.dll" />****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> then my BA is included.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> I can provide the interesting bits of the MSBuild log, if anyone is
>> interested.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Thanks,****
>>
>> Jacob****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced
>> analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building
>> apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use
>> our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account!
>> http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter
>> _______________________________________________
>> WiX-devs mailing list
>> WiX-devs@lists.sourceforge.net
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs
>>
>>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced
> analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building
> apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use
> our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account!
> http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter
>
> _______________________________________________
> WiX-devs mailing list
> WiX-devs@lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt
> New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service
> that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your
> browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic
> and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr
> _______________________________________________
> WiX-devs mailing list
> WiX-devs@lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs
>
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt
New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service
that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your
browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic
and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr
_______________________________________________
WiX-devs mailing list
WiX-devs@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs
